This programme equips graduate students with the necessary skills and knowledge required to enter the agriculture industry.
Type: undergraduate degree
Duration: 4 years full time
Compulsory Subjects
First year subjects:
- Computer literacy
- General chemistry
- Academic literacy
- Financial accounting
- Molecular and cell biology
- Mathematics
- Plant biology
- Information literacy
- Introductory genetics
Second year subjects:
- Economics
- Introductory soil science
- Introduction to financial management in agriculture
- Introduction to agriculture production economics
- Sustainable production systems
- Statistics
- Animal science
- Economics
- Crop propagation
- Agroclimatology
- Agricultural economics
- Business management
Third year subjects:
- Business law
- Economics
- Introduction to food science and technology
- Agricultural economics
- Statistics
- Communication
- Taxation
Fourth year subjects:
- Agricultural and rural development studies
- Economics
- Agricultural economics
- Agricultural demand and supply analysis
- Commodity price analysis
- Introduction to resource economics
Careers: agricultural economist, agricultural manager.
Source: www.up.ac.za